Frank Schleck has won the two-day Critérium International race in Corsica
after the second and final stage, a 7.8-kilometre time trial through the
streets of Porto-Vecchio.

The 30 year-old Luxembourger - older brother of two-time Tour de France runner-up Andy - laid the foundation for Leopard-Trek's first stage race victory with in an impressive mountain stage win on Saturday.

Schleck finished 13th in Sunday's stage, won by Germany's Andreas Klöden, but his main rivals for the overall victory failed to gain enough time on him.

He lost just seven seconds to Belarus runner-up Vasil Kiryienka and actually gained two seconds on third-placed Estonian Rein Taaramae.

It was Schleck's first win since taking the Tour of Switzerland and his national title in June last year - the two-time Tour de France stage winner then saw his hopes in last year's Tour end prematurely when he broke his collarbone on the third stage.

The victory for Leopard-Trek, the newly-founded WorldTour team, completed an excellent weekend for Brian Nygaard's team after Fabian Cancellara won the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke on Saturday before Daniele Bennati finished second in Sunday's Ghent-Wevelgem one-day classic.